The app checks its license about once a day while it is open. Each successful check is good for 14 days, followed by a 7-day offline grace period, so the app keeps working for up to 21 days without reaching the license service.
One failed card does not lock the app. If a renewal payment fails, Stripe retries the card and the app keeps working until that license period and grace period run out. Meanwhile it shows a payment warning with the date paid features would pause. Update the payment method in the billing portal on your download and license page, and the warning clears at the next license check.
When the subscription ends (for example after you cancel and your paid term runs out), stays unpaid after Stripe’s retries, or a payment is fully refunded or is disputed, paid features pause at the next license check.
Paused means read-only, not locked out. You can still open and view your records, export an encrypted backup, export the audit log, and download stored documents. Saving and editing, imports, restoring a backup, month-end close, and new report packages need an active subscription. Nothing is deleted, and paid features return as soon as the license is active again.
Your investment data stays in your environment and stays readable there in read-only mode. Restoring a backup on any computer needs an active license, so keep the original computer until you have exported what you need.